COMICS: After 7 Years, Hulkling & Wiccan Share An On-Panel Kiss

Ooops - better keep this away from One Million Moms! Marvel's highest profile gay couple finally kiss in the pages of Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #9..

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By Mark Cassidy - 3/8/2012

Bit of a mini-milestone here. After seven years Marvel have finally shown Teddy (Hulkling) Altman and Billy (Wiccan) Kaplan kiss on-panel. May not seem like a too big deal as comics have already broken through many old barriers over the years, but as we know the issue of same sex relationships can still be met with a lot of disapproval in the funny books.. and is definitely still considered a strong visual taboo by many. Here are the relevant scanned pages..

Sounds like there might be another Marvel wedding on the cards! Coincidentally, we have already heard of one earlier that may also wind up being a same sex marriage in Astonishing X-Men.

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Come on. I have nothing against gay guys but come on. These situations actually make gay people seem ridiculous. This is every dialogue and situation:Are you going to break up with me? Sob,sobI'm not,you know how much I love ya,come give me a kiss.mhmmmmmComics are mostly readen by males. Males want to see busty heroines not two depressed guys kissing each other. It kinda off. It takes away from the pacing of the story.

lol. Slightly surprised (for some reason) as to how many users of this site are homophobes/insecure with their sexuality.

Dunno why this is a big deal, they did this with a character & his b/f in an issue of X-Force ages ago and I'm relatively sure North Star's had a same-sex kiss as well as Shatterstar & Rictor. Meh, slow newsday.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with this and it shouldn't be a big deal at all! If you have a problem with it you're either a religious moron or someone who's seriously insecure about their sexuality. This is the 21st Century, get a grip.

JackTuesday - What are you disagreeing with? Because the statement "Comics are mostly read by males. Males want to see busty heroines not two depressed guys kissing each other." HAS to be true. No doubt. 100%. Unquestionable.

supersayianfan1- God doesn't exist so it doesn't really matter what a fictional character thinks....the whole idea that people base their moral values on a book written between 2000-5000 years ago is astonishing. The Bible is barbaric and primitive. But that's not its fault, those were just the times; however you can't honestly say those standards still stand?!

@TheMessanger- WHAT?!?! How are gay people asking for better than what other people have? A man and woman of legal age can get married. Fine. Two people of the same sex of the legal age can't get married. Not fine. See the difference? What does it matter anyway!? It's not like you're being forced to marry a guy or something, get over it man.

MassExecutions - your right, it is mainly straight men reading comics I just disagree that for this reason stuff like wiccan/hulking shouldn't be shown. Personally hope comics keep moving on from that thinking.

2 dogs sniffing each others ass is not the same... come on dude, really? im at a loss for words as for the marriage thing: i dont even think marriage should be a legal institution... it should hold the same weight as a barbecue or a birthday party... no government involvement... you should be able to join up, and quit, whenever you want... just like changing apartments or cell phone numbers